34. Week 11 – Waiting For Premium
DISCLAIMER: This is a simulated educational exercise using paper trading fake money. This is not investment advice and is not intended to be copied.
TLDR
- Trades Monday 12 June
- None
- Trades Tuesday 13 June
- None
- Trades Wednesday 14 June
- SOLD 1 SEDG 16 JUNE 23 260 PUT @1.1
- Trades Thursday 15 June
- None
- Trades Friday 16 June
- EXPIRED 1 SEDG 16 JUNE 23 260 PUT
- No premiums to be found this week!
Week In Review
A full week in one post again. Much like last week, there wasn’t sufficient put side premiums for me to feel justified entering into a trade in the current conditions. The market is overall at 52 week highs and a lot of the usual suspects (NVDA, TSLA, NFLX) are all trading at the top of massive rallies. The put side premium for something ~5% down on a stock over $300 would be like $1, which I didn’t feel comfortable entertaining.
I executed a single trade all week, mostly out of boredom. While trading at $271 I wrote a put for SEDG at $260 for a lowly $1.10 premium. This expired two days later so I kept the full amount. Otherwise it was not an easy market for hunting given my risk tolerance and time to analyze the market. Hoping next week will be a bit more fruitful.
Portfolio Standings
Portfolio Value (Open) (M) | $ 107,199.00 |
Portfolio Value (Close) (F) | $ 108,406.00 |
Change (M-F) | 0.77% |
Change (Tot) | 8.41% |
Free Cash (Close) | $ 90,225.00 |
Escrowed Cash (Close) | $ 0 |
Equities (Close) | $ 18,181.00 |
Trades Made (M-F) | 1 |
Closing Thoughts
One more week of low premiums. Hoping week 12 is better. Week 12 also will see my ENPH call expire – maybe it’s time I finally sell those shares and get back to a full cash portfolio.